Dirty Pearl

by Anita Lane

Dirty Pearl cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 11 October 1993
  • Label: Mute
  • Country: Australia
  • Length: 54:27
  • Community rating: 3.81/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Compiled primarily from sessions recorded over the previous decade, the former Bad Seeds collaborator's debut album is a darkly seductive, atmospheric collection of art rock. Featuring contributions from Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, and Blixa Bargeld, the music serves as an elegant, frequently sensual backdrop for her smoky vocals and poetic spoken word.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, theatrical, dark-humor, storytelling, lounge

Tracklist

  1. Jesus Almost Got Me (2:34)
  2. The Groovy Guru (3:09)
  3. Sexual Healing (5:38)
  4. Blume (4:33)
  5. Subterranean World (How Long...?) (5:50)
  6. Picture of Mary (4:14)
  7. The World's a Girl (3:19)
  8. Stories of Your Dreams (2:49)
  9. A Prison in the Desert (2:50)
  10. If I Should Die (3:00)
  11. I'm a Believer (4:45)
  12. Lost in Music (4:37)
  13. Sugar in a Hurricane (4:10)
  14. The Fullness of His Coming (2:54)

Credits

  • Anita Lane - primary artist, written-by, vocals
  • Slim Smith - artwork [photomanipulation front cover and back cover]
  • Giovanni Bragolin - painting
  • Ken Gormly - bass
  • Evil Graham Lee - pedal steel guitar
  • Barry Adamson - vibraphone [vibes], bass, written-by
  • David Ritz - written-by
  • Marvin Gaye - written-by
  • Matt Crosby - Engineer
  • Tony Cohen - Engineer
  • Mick Harvey - Written-By, Producer
  • Flood - Engineer
  • Sven R枚hrig - Engineer, Producer
  • Victor Van Vugt - Engineer, Mixed By, Mixed By [Mixed With]
  • Johannes Beck - Loops [Percussion Loops], Choir, Producer
  • Moritz Wolpert - Loops [Percussion Loops], Choir
  • Odell Brown - Written-By
  • Einst眉rzende Neubauten - Producer
  • Jon Caffery - Producer
  • Alexander Hacke - Written-By, Guitar
  • Blixa Bargeld - Written-By, Voice [Male Voice], Guitar, Producer
  • F.M. Einheit - Written-By
  • Marc Chung - Written-By
  • N. U. Unruh - Written-By
  • Die Haut - Producer
  • Christoph Dreher - Written-By
  • Jochen Arbeit - Written-By
  • Rainer Lingk - Written-By
  • Thomas Wydler - Written-By, Percussion [Extra Percussion]
  • Shannon Strong - Engineer
  • Bronwyn Adams - Violin
  • Ted Hamilton - Mixed By
  • Nick Cave - Producer, Written-By, Organ
  • Chrislo Haas - Tape [Autobahn Tapes]
  • Bernard Edwards - Written-By
  • Nile Rodgers - Written-By
  • Katy Beale - Written-By
  • The Birthday Party - Producer

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